Lafayette Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lafayette Township, New Jersey, shaded from 430 ft on the north side to 890 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
890 ft 275 m780 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m610 ft 185 m490 ft 150 m430 ft 135 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lafayette Township sits at about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
600 ft 185 m
most residents: 550–750 ft
Lowest
430 ft 135 m
on the north side
Highest
890 ft 275 m
on the northeast side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside township boundaries

Lafayette Township spans about 460 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
600 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
890 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
430 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lafayette Township
560 ft170 m
Airport (FWN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi northeast of the township boundaries
422 ft129 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lafayette Township, New Jersey, shaded from 430 ft on the north side to 890 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
2,429 2024 est.
Land area
17.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
136 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.0984° N, 74.6885° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Sussex (FWN) 422 ft
ZIP codes 1
07848
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sparta Township900 ft
  2. Lake Mohawk850 ft
  3. Frankford Township810 ft
  4. Andover Township670 ft
  5. Ogdensburg670 ft
  6. Hampton Township650 ft
  7. Newton630 ft
  8. Franklin620 ft
  9. Lafayette Township600 ft
  10. Branchville560 ft
  11. Ross Corner510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Sunrise Mountain1,653 ft
  • Pochuck Mountain1,200 ft
  • Smiths Hill863 ft
  • Sterling Hill830 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.